Former Resident Appointed to IBM Post in Owego New York
Richard P. Connors of Vestal New York formerly of Great Barrington and Pittfield has been named assistant for contracts in the ASQ-38 Project Office at the IBM facility in Owego New York. Connors previously worked in Vestal Airborne Computer Laboratories since July 1956 and became contract specialist in September 1958. He and his wife and daughter Deborah reside at 713 Keenan Drive Vestal.
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Richard P. Connors
Vestal
N.Y
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Owerco Fa
Connors
W. J. Connors
North St
Dorothy Walla
Dourt
Send Young
Great Barringated
Tern University Law
Corrors
Vestal Airborne Computer Laboratories
Deborah
Keenan Dr
HHFA Approves North Adams Urban Renewal Sale to Sprague
The Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency approved a sale plan allowing Sprague Electric Co. to acquire part of the North Adams urban renewal project area. The deal includes initial parking use and later a riverfront park and street extension, with negotiations already under way following Walter Fried’s regional approval.
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HHFA
Sprague North Adams
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
North Adams
Sprague Electric Co
Walter 8. Fried
Sperry Sing Board
City Pann
Compact Dodge Awaits Go Signal
Dodge division plans a second compact car after the steel strike ends. The new model would join the Valiant on sale this month if demand supports it, with a 109 inch wheelbase and stronger power, as Chrysler eyes rivals Corvair and Falcon under supply. The final decision hinges on January demand for compacts.
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Dodge Automobile
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
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Chrysler
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Chévrolet
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Falcon
Dart
Plymouth
Chevrolet
Edsel
T. S. Eliot Honored With Arts Medal in Brookline Mass
Nobel poet T. S. Eliot has received the Amersonn Thoreau medal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Brookline. The award, begun last year, honors achievement across literature. Poet Robert Frost was the 1958 recipient.
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T. S. Eliot
Amersonn Thoreau
Yvear American Academy of Arts
Robert Frost
Deer Runs Through Beauty Shop Window In Branson
Two young sisters waited for hair styling when a buck leaped through a plate glass window at a Branson beauty shop. The panic-stricken animal fled the shop before police shot it to stop the break in. Ra Hartel reported the event from Branson.
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Branson, Mo
Ra Hartel
Health Association urges anti cigarette efforts
Atlantic City AP report: American Public Health Association urges broad campaigns to prevent smoking, especially among youth, linking tobacco to rising lung cancer and predicting over a million current schoolchildren may die from cancer if trends continue. Calls for joint public health education with agencies and organizations.
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Atlantic City
American Public Health Assn
APHA
Gatelriie Council
American Cancer Society
Tobacco Industry Research Committee
Farm Census In County Starts Oct. 26
A census team will visit Berkshire farms beginning October 26 for the 1959 Census of Agriculture. Census takers will deliver and collect questionnaires, seeking data on farm size, crops, livestock, facilities, and expenditures. Information is confidential and used only for totals and averages.
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Berkshire Farms
James W. Turbitt
Census Bureau
Boston
Ith
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